the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia ronald machen said, "kwame brown squandered his bright political future and an opportunity to be a role model for the district's youth. brown was ordered to perform his community service in a visible place during weekdays so people could see that his crimes were not going unpunished." >> bob barnard. fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin was in the courtroom today. mark, it's hard for anybody who is watching this to say he got too much punishment. i guess the question is did he get too little? >> well, people were really shocked. the u.s. attorney asked for six days and judge richard leon, the federal judge, never put him behind bars, just put him in custody till 5:30, did order 480 hours of community service, did order home detention, but many people felt that the u.s. attorney saying this would send a strong message really wasn't a strong message unless he was actually put behind bars for a certain period of time. >> did losing his job ultimately